1(th Seattle polish film fest set to open

Although Seattle does not have a very large Polish community, the local Poles are active in promoting Polish film culture here, as evidenced by the continuing local festival of Polish cinema, now in its fifteenth year. The festival draws basically on the repertoire of films shown at the Polish film week in Gdynia each year in September, with the advantage for non-Poles that the films are subtitled in English here. In addition, certain newer titles which did not make it to Gdynia last fall will be scheduled here, providing a peek at the very latest developments in Polish film in the current year.
The venue for this mini-fest (it only last over a long weekend) is the ultra modern McCaw Hall, right next to the Seattle Opera House, in the shadow of the world reknowned Space Needle.
The full program is not yet available however, among films to be shown are "Retrieval" which picked up a prize at Cannes 2006, and the drama "What The Sun Has Seen" directed by Michal Rosa, who is expected to attend the screening.

by Alex Deleon for